The pair led the eight Tennessee Tech men's tennis team members
who participated in the three-day event at the Bass-Rudd Tennis
Center on the campus of the University of Louisville. Twelve teams
from around the region participated this weekend, including Eastern
Kentucky, Indiana, IU-Southeast, Kentucky, Lipscomb, Louisville,
Morehead State, Tennessee Tech, Western Kentucky, Wright State,
Xavier and Vincennes.

Doropoulos fell in his opening-round match but rebounded with
three consecutive wins to take the title. He won in three sets
(1-6, 6-2, 11-9) against Marc Pretorius of Xavier before taking
down Drew Holcomb of Vincennes in straight sets (6-3, 6-1). In the
championship match, Doropoulos battled Daniel Hall of Vincennes to
a first set tie-break win, 7-4, before capturing the second set
6-1.

Kirstein's road to the championship was a little longer as the
sophomore needed four wins to secure his crown. After losing his
opening-round match, Kirstein won his night two contests in
straight sets. He was pushed to three sets against Brian Starr of
Xavier in the consolation semifinal but pulled off an 11-9 third
set win to set up a championship matchup against Philip Diaz of
Xavier. Kirstein made quick work of him (6-3, 6-2) to collect his
second consolation title of the fall.

In other singles action, three Golden Eagles competed in the
singles "A" bracket as Alex Chen and Josh Girling finished 1-1 and
Oscar Pachon made it to the consolation semifinals with a 2-2
record. In the singles "B" bracket, Lloyd Harris and Nick Stafford
both finished 1-1 while Mario Guterriez went 0-2.

In doubles competition, Doropoulos/Harris paired to capture the
doubles "C" title after winning three straight matches. They made
quick work of their first two opponents, winning 8-1 and 8-2,
before taking down Shafik/Milovanovik of Morehead State, 8-5, in
the championship match.

Girling/Stafford teamed and won their first two matches to
advance to the doubles "A" semifinal before falling to
Donaldson/Gupta of Louisville. Chen/Pachon also paired and went 1-1
in the doubles "A" bracket. One other TTU team competed as
Guterriez/Kirstein went 0-2 in the doubles "B" tournament.

The Golden Eagles men's tennis team will return to action this
weekend at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional.